Table 1 Summary by area of park assemblages, linkages, and wilderness areas and seasonal migratory routes that intersect linkages in the Yellowstone-Glacier and Mount Rainier-North Cascades protected area networks.
Protected area network | Network element | Area (ha) |
|---|---|---|
Yellowstone-Glacier | Park assemblage | |
Yellowstone-Grand Teton park assemblage | 1,025,106 | |
Glacier-Waterton Lake park assemblage | 457,883 | |
Linkage | ||
Big Belt-Bridger-Gallatin mountain ranges | 465,044 | |
Gravelly-Tobacco Root mountain ranges | 885,535 | |
Continental Divide mountain range | 1,246,362 | |
Sapphire mountain range | 318,958 | |
Wilderness areas adjacent to linkages | ||
Absorka-Beartooth, Anaconda-Pintler, Bob Marshall, Frank Church-River of No Return, Gates of the Mountain, Gospel-Hump, Great Bear, Lee Metcalf, Mission Mountain, Scapegoat, Rattlesnake, Selway- Bitterroot, Welcome Creek | 2,848,431 | |
Provincial parks, tribal lands, and national wildlife refuges adjacent to linkages | ||
Akaimina-Kishinena provincial park, Flathead reservation, Red Rocks national wildlife refuge | 51,670 | |
Ungulate migratory routes that intersect linkages | 129,142 | |
Total | 7,428,131 | |
Mount Rainier-North Cascades | Park assemblage | |
Mount Rainier national park | 95,629 | |
North Cascades-Manning-Skagit park assemblage | 314,565 | |
Linkage | ||
north Cascades mountain range | 1,064,495 | |
Wilderness areas adjacent to linkage | ||
Alpine Lakes, Boulder River, Clearwater, Glacier Peak, Goat Rocks, Henry M Jackson, Lake Chelan- Sawtooth, Mount Baker, Noisy-Diobsud, Norse Peak, Pasayten, Tatoosh, Wild Sky, William O Douglas | 979,124 | |
Provincial parks and national recreation areas adjacent to linkage | ||
Cathedral provincial park/protected area, Chilliwack Lake provincial park, Snowy protected area, Lake Chelan national recreation area, Ross Lake national recreation area | 141,004 | |
Total | 2,594,819 | |
